Williamson v. Hannan
Michigan Supreme Court
' Error to Wayne; Chester, J., presiding. Assumpsit by Margaret Williamson against W. W. Hannan, William Devlin, and others for fraud and deceit in the sale of a rooming house business. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, C. J.
(after stating the facts). What was purchased by plaintiff and sold to her was not merely furniture and furnishings for a rooming house, but was the furniture and furnishings of a rooming house doing business — the furniture and furnishings in use by tenants in a rooming house. It is true the *666contract, reduced to writing, does not mention good will, or business, as consideration for what plaintiff was to pay. It does describe the property as per inventory and as “contained in the rooming house located at No. 485 Grand River avenue, second and third floors, Detroit, Michigan.”
We cannot say,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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